By MARK DISPIGNA
Staff Writer
Results of the optional “Computer Fun” compatibility test open to all grade levels arrived to
physical education teacher Virginia Clevenger the week before Valentine’s Day. The Class of 2017 charged three dollars for each result sheet.
The survey, filled out by 188 students at the beginning of February, has been an annual tradition at CHS for 10 years, Clevenger said, who brought the tradition to the school.
“Other high schools in the area first inspired me to make the compatibility test available to our students,” said Clevenger. “My own daughter’s school included had been doing it for years before CHS.”
The test asked for information including the student’s name, gender, grade and answers to questions such as “How much do you exercise?” and “What is your favorite genre of music?”
Computer Fun, the company that creates the compatibility tests, said on their website that the purpose of the program is to help students “become better acquainted with one another and, at the same time, provide something exciting and fun for all students.”
The result sheets included the 10 most compatible matches of the opposite sex and three “best friend matches” of the same gender. It also listed three least compatible matches along with three random pairings.
Students were able to be matched up with people from other grades and were given a special numerical compatibility rating from 1-75, based on how similar their survey answers were.
“It was not really as accurate as it could have been,” freshman John Hennessy of Middletown said, speaking particularly of one question that asked the height of the student. “Many of the questions were somewhat irrelevant.”
Many students interviewed said the test should be taken only as a joke, and would not really consider forming a relationship out of their compatible matches.
“Some of the classmates you’re matched up with are only thought of as only a friend and nothing more,” sophomore Isabella Olaguera of Ocean Township said. “The test should not be taken too seriously, but for fun.”
